Office 2007 Installation

[tbear989]

Do I uninstall my Office 2003 before Installing Office Enterprise 2007? Will
my files in My Documents be affected by the installation? Or are they safe?

 

[CBoom]

its better to install office 2003 before...

but have in mind that the 2 suites might "fight" when launched....

When I say fight, each time you launch a different version of word for
example, the office installer starts
again taking too long to finish...

I describe this along with the solution on my blog here

http://computerboom.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-office-2003-and-office-2007-on.html

 

[tbear989]

So I can uninstall Office 2003 and all of my data will be there when I try to
open documents after installing 2007...correct?

 

[CBoom]

my files in My Documents be affected by the installation? Or are they
yes

office will never erase personal files and documents

However it seems to me that you have not backuped your data to an
alternative location such as a dvd disk or external hard disk!

This is very dangerous since hard disks do fail! I have many clients who cry
after their hard drives died because no one told them to backup!

Also have in mind that the new word 2007 saves in format docx and the older
format doc too

if you try to open a docx file in word2003 it will not open

so its best to "save as" and select .doc format so you can open all files in
both versions of word

the same thing applies to excel xlsx and xls

and powerpoint

to send files to others its best to save as doc since they may have older
versions of word than word2007

 

[CBoom]

I just wanted to add this here, for others who may be reading my previous
post


for those who only have office2003 and would like to open DOCX and XLSX
files

there is this

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...70-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007
File Formats
Brief Description
Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file
formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

Users of the Microsoft Office XP and 2003 programs Word, Excel, or
PowerPoint—please install all High-Priority updates from Microsoft Update
before downloading the Compatibility Pack.

By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000,
Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able to open, edit, and save files
using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. The
Compatibility Pack can also be used in conjunction with the Microsoft Office
Word Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003, and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to view
files saved in these new formats. For more information about the
Compatibility Pack, see Knowledge Base article 924074.

 

[tbear989]

Thanks for your help. I do have a backup on DVD (just in case). Thanks for
adding the additional information, I use 2007 at work and have gotten into
the habit of saving everything down for those who may not have 2007.....
If there's nothing else I need to do except uninstall the program & re-boot
my computer than I guess I'm all set.
Thanks again!!

 

[Peter Foldes]

tbear

Office Enterprise 2007? Yes you do need to uninstall everything of Office 2003.
Enterprise Editions need to be installed alone and not used as an Upgrade.
Your files that were created with Office 2003 will not be removed but it is prudent
to save them. Once the Enterprise version of Office is installed you will need to
place them in their appropriate locations. Do not import these files since it can
cause corruption among other issues. This goes for all files from *.doc to *.pst
For help with the Office 2007 Enterprise you will need to contact either Microsoft
or the IT department from where you bought it through the Home Program.
Enterprise issues are not helped here in the newsgroups since this version is not
available to the public at large.


The support for Office 2007 Enterprise is free and look and open
last question

http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/sa/benefits/home_use_rights/faq.mspx

Here you will find the Phone numbers and email addresses as to where and whom to
contact about Office Enterprise and your issue.
Scroll down to the bottom of page to North America
https://licensing.microsoft.com/eLicense/L1033/overview.asp